I owe my soul to the Company Store: How would YOU like to be paid with a...
You load sixteen tons, what do you getAnother day older and deeper in debtSaint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't goI owe my soul to the company store - from “Sixteen Tons,” a song about coal...
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Bicyclist dies from McCrory wreck injuries
Update from David Goins of Fox 16 on the accident in which a car plowed into a pack of cross-country bicyclists near McCrory this week:McCRORY, AR - Arkansas State Police confirm one of the seven...
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Too much medicine at too high a cost
A random observation:A Little Rock doctor stopped me on my morning walk yesterday to say that a worthy newspaper project would be unnecessary medical procedures. He was inspired by a recent USA Today...
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Saturday To-Do: Lynyrd Skynyrd
LYNYRD SKYNYRD8 p.m. Magic Springs' Timberwood Amphitheater. $50-$60.You know, I ain't much for their politics (rebel flags and Fox News BS all the way) and "Free Bird" could never be played again and...
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Saturday: Streetlight Manifesto, Stella Luss, The Bow Tie Haberdasher launch...
For an evening of third-wave ska and punk sounds, get over to Revolution, for an 18-and-older featuring New Jersey vets Streetlight Manifesto, with Rodeo Ruby Love and Empty Orchestra, 9 p.m., $17...
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Saturday To-Do: 8Ball & MJG
8BALL & MJG9 p.m. Discovery Nightclub. $10-$15.And the Three 6 Mafia-related concert train just keeps rolling through Little Rock. Last month saw performances from Three 6 founder Juicy J at the...
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Religion and the Founding Fathers
A day late, but still timeless is the ad that ran in several national newspapers yesterday courtesy of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. It was to provide a counterpoint to the advertising run by...
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Gay rights leader and Arkansas native Chad Griffin schedules two events in...
I've mentioned before that Arkansas native Chad Griffin, head of the Human Rights Campaign, the country's leading gay rights organization, will speak at the Clinton school at noon Monday. He'll be...
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Lamoureux names Julie Baldridge to the state Lottery Commission
Sen. Michael Lamoureux, president pro tem of the Senate, Tweets that he'll replace Steve Faris on the Arkansas Lottery Commission with Julie Baldridge. She was the communications director for the...
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Conway cops go after under-age alcohol sales
This Fox 16 article interested me, if for no other reason, because it illustrated how thoroughly Conway has been dampened by "private club" alcohol permits.The story is about Conway police use of two...
View ArticleFood Feedback Friday: pancreas and pulled pork
We hope you all had a delightful time celebrating the birth of our wonderful nation. We hope your day was filled with barbecue, hot dogs, burgers, fireworks, and pie—all the wonderful things necessary...
View ArticleMore Q&A on a pay raise for Mayor Mark Stodola
City Attorney Tom Carpentercontinues to answer questions from the city board related to the proposal to raise Mayor Mark Stodola's $160,000 annual pay by 12 percent so it'll match the pay given City...
View ArticlePulaski sheriff busy thanks to July 4 fireworks calls
Lt. Carl Minden of the Pulaski sheriff's office reports:Calls from the afternoon on July 3rd through 0700 this morning (July 5th):Fireworks calls — 49Grass Fires — 30Fire/Residential structures —...
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Wanted: Arkansas blackberries
I bought a quart of Arkansas blackberries at the Hillcrest Farmers Market last Saturday. Maybe the sweetest blackberries ever. I remembered fondly, though, some blackberries I'd bought on the roadside...
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Sunday To-Do: La Luz
LA LUZ9 p.m. White Water Tavern. $5.Seattle quartet La Luz has been playing together for only a year and change but the band has already been the subject of a gushing profile in The Stranger, released...
View ArticleThe long weekend line is open
Looked kind of quiet downtown today. Public offices were open, but a lot of people used some time to extend the weekend. Why not?* POLICE BEAT: The Little Rock police have been busy. They report: A...
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Metropolitan National Bank bought by Texas investor
Lots more to be known in the days ahead, but here's the news release from Metropolitan National Bank on the purchase of the Little Rock institution, which has been struggling to regain its footing in...
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Opnion: Republican judicial PAC shows 'dangerous mindset'
For the slow weekend, an opinion piece by David Stewart on the recent news that Arkansas Republicans, as revealed at a recent state GOP committee meeting, intend to establish a political action...
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Dumb and dumber: Conway teens hire prostitute, get robbed
I have to agree with one of the victims of this crime: It sounds like a movie plot. Thanks to Channel 4 for this tale of the perils of lining up paid sex on-line.All from Channel 4:An 18-year-old...
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Old times in South not forgotten: vote suppression jump-started by Supreme Court
When the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Chief Justice John Robertssanctimoniously and dishonestly assured the country that the bad old days were behind us.Already, Doonesbury cartoon...
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